"For years Linux has had a false sense of security, mainly because of the 'many eyes make bugs shallow' myth," Slashdot blogger hairyfeet suggested. "Seriously, show of hands: How many have done a code audit of LibreOffice? Firefox? Chromium?
The networking stack? Heck, how many here have done an extensive code audit on those bazillion little programs like screensavers and widgets and weather apps?" Few would deny that the world has changed since the National Security Agency's PRISM surveillance program was revealed, and not for the better. - See more at: http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Goodbye-Encryption-Hello-FOSS-78962.html#sthash.FRHuBKa8.dpuf